Limestone
statue of the Cobra Goddess Ua Zit
(named Buto by the Greeks). She was the patron deity of
all Lower Egypt in predynastic periods before 3,000 BCE.
Line drawing: Roderick W. Marling

Hindu Naga
serpent of Andhra Pradesh, India. Dated to as recently as
the 8th century.

The Greek
Goddess Hygeia,"Health". and
the Sacred Serpent. Line drawing: Abby Lynn Macey.

An early
Greek vase painting of the Celestial Goddess feeding the
Cosmic Serpent in the Tree of Eternal Life. Line drawing:
Abby Lynn Macey.

A plaque from Egypt dated
at about 1250 BCE. The Goddess here combines the
symbolism of the Egyptian Goddess Hathor and the
Canaanite Goddess Ashtoreth. She holds flowers in her
right hand and two serpents with her left. Line drawing:
Roderick W. Marling

Three figures representing the Minoan Serpent
Goddess. Each statue is only about 13 inches tall and
dated from 1,600 BCE. They were found in the underground
sanctuary at Knossos, Crete.

These ancient seal images
present dramatic evidence of the Tree of Life over a
thousand years before its poetic version appears in the
Bible. In the upper left we even see the serpent as well.
The top cylinder seals are dated 2,500 BCE and are from
Sumer. The bottom two are Egyptian.